Not Seasonally Adjusted Exhibit 1C: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Carbon (Non-Alloy) Steel Products: (Census Basis) Quantity in metric tons/ value in thousands of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to rounding 2006 Data August July Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,336,777 2,169,050 3,408,560 2,118,736 Ingots And Steel For Castings (-) (-) (-) (-) Blooms, Billets And Slabs 783,588 416,054 697,878 327,219 Wire Rods 236,073 112,991 256,582 122,047 Structural Shapes Heavy 59,447 38,845 66,994 43,583 Steel Piling 7,743 7,413 19,855 17,311 Plates Cut Lengths 117,374 73,462 93,131 57,224 Plates In Coils 159,596 91,157 210,783 112,709 Rails Standard 8,960 6,092 36,668 24,913 Rails All Other 4,562 3,930 2,895 2,394 Railroad Accessories 1,411 1,009 1,158 540 Bars - Hot Rolled 62,199 47,052 61,421 42,322 Bars - Light Shaped 14,370 9,406 29,844 15,886 Bars - Reinforcing 191,431 91,807 191,537 88,156 Bars - Cold Finished 16,191 17,094 13,375 15,304 Standard Pipe 140,373 90,849 121,119 89,882 Oil Country Goods 127,940 135,918 152,672 139,427 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 34,185 33,574 47,410 45,506 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 41,707 42,477 40,072 38,053 Line Pipe - Not Specified 55,264 48,859 45,506 33,131 Mechanical Tubing 53,843 55,252 64,776 62,106 Pressure Tubing 8,806 13,098 6,523 8,903 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,213 3,129 1,757 3,163 Structural Pipe & Tube 39,783 35,608 50,951 39,636 Pipe For Piling 2,462 1,642 1,267 1,013 Wire Drawn 63,026 58,909 59,336 55,416 Black Plate 7,292 4,711 7,066 4,677 Tin Plate 43,645 32,869 45,464 34,653 Tin Free Steel 11,474 9,136 14,400 11,652 Sheets Hot Rolled 434,446 238,818 423,516 224,048 Sheets Cold Rolled 264,550 162,760 249,793 149,013 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 257,734 204,549 301,197 228,889 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 10,444 9,605 15,214 11,061 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 61,432 54,675 64,536 53,933 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,772 3,690 5,528 3,890 Strip - Cold Rolled 9,439 12,609 8,334 11,074 -------------------------------------------------------------- 2005 Data August July Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,711,959 1,177,272 1,912,729 1,245,496 Ingots And Steel For Castings 77 51 5 2 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 326,992 143,787 483,344 220,513 Wire Rods 153,511 79,701 217,008 107,064 Structural Shapes Heavy 29,418 18,476 37,442 22,742 Steel Piling 10,583 8,776 10,067 8,497 Plates Cut Lengths 40,067 29,048 33,676 26,329 Plates In Coils 47,950 25,498 45,764 26,205 Rails Standard 15,775 12,154 14,879 13,405 Rails All Other 1,597 1,359 929 823 Railroad Accessories 1,140 584 958 502 Bars - Hot Rolled 46,079 29,347 45,494 30,057 Bars - Light Shaped 13,784 7,415 24,459 11,633 Bars - Reinforcing 82,126 33,946 168,357 72,483 Bars - Cold Finished 13,714 14,355 15,757 15,511 Standard Pipe 114,959 88,993 80,335 65,332 Oil Country Goods 143,952 151,787 90,831 89,419 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 22,302 21,803 22,557 24,858 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 28,031 28,685 46,523 53,461 Line Pipe - Not Specified 16,540 12,985 15,428 11,864 Mechanical Tubing 44,390 49,245 40,154 43,786 Pressure Tubing 5,209 10,048 3,585 6,258 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 928 2,220 663 1,537 Structural Pipe & Tube 40,453 33,827 33,415 29,928 Pipe For Piling 817 747 286 282 Wire Drawn 54,131 48,876 50,809 46,665 Black Plate 2,718 3,191 2,196 2,218 Tin Plate 31,236 23,815 25,059 20,552 Tin Free Steel 6,939 6,920 7,558 7,515 Sheets Hot Rolled 146,689 78,612 169,914 105,394 Sheets Cold Rolled 78,912 48,790 77,602 49,048 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 137,696 109,136 100,477 83,069 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 8,331 6,166 5,069 3,882 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 29,047 30,447 29,054 30,014 Strip - Hot Rolled 7,339 4,862 5,473 3,523 Strip - Cold Rolled 8,527 11,617 7,600 11,125 -------------------------------------------------------------- August Cumulative to Date 2006 Final 2005 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 24,653,879 14,810,188 16,064,269 10,958,498 Ingots And Steel For Castings 200 119 770 420 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 5,565,966 2,347,414 3,336,945 1,668,514 Wire Rods 1,912,746 900,717 1,638,162 851,017 Structural Shapes Heavy 569,747 351,456 292,208 183,207 Steel Piling 71,981 63,087 62,777 53,166 Plates Cut Lengths 726,255 452,543 383,963 276,892 Plates In Coils 1,010,876 533,014 535,290 327,023 Rails Standard 168,853 119,705 127,677 97,730 Rails All Other 20,050 16,622 13,944 11,852 Railroad Accessories 8,190 6,408 7,734 4,743 Bars - Hot Rolled 495,627 345,547 510,523 368,342 Bars - Light Shaped 167,163 97,470 128,984 70,765 Bars - Reinforcing 1,656,634 721,449 885,842 384,542 Bars - Cold Finished 118,688 132,940 114,692 137,149 Standard Pipe 982,034 709,578 774,705 623,704 Oil Country Goods 952,676 971,960 759,565 740,779 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 325,247 337,835 238,570 230,497 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 309,840 309,456 240,360 228,759 Line Pipe - Not Specified 257,374 198,747 145,522 116,967 Mechanical Tubing 415,346 416,742 344,554 383,972 Pressure Tubing 48,062 67,477 44,179 66,813 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 8,381 19,723 7,147 14,907 Structural Pipe & Tube 381,362 304,888 353,378 312,596 Pipe For Piling 14,070 10,712 13,505 11,760 Wire Drawn 481,430 445,033 445,366 425,201 Black Plate 54,886 38,071 28,857 26,372 Tin Plate 300,697 225,497 261,574 199,064 Tin Free Steel 80,777 68,480 60,462 52,631 Sheets Hot Rolled 3,123,633 1,585,641 1,711,545 1,020,559 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,807,870 1,023,727 838,485 565,307 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 2,023,804 1,463,965 1,242,513 998,530 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 78,189 61,284 67,329 51,181 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 396,587 334,823 320,702 320,819 Strip - Hot Rolled 47,732 33,631 61,059 41,514 Strip - Cold Rolled 70,911 94,426 65,379 91,205 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final August 2006. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.